StR/ SpR POST DETAILS 2009-2010

DETAILS OF PLACEMENT

Placement within community based multidisciplinary Early Intervention team.

On-call for general adult and old age psychiatry.

DETAILS OF EXPERIENCE TRAINEE WILL GAIN AND MAIN DUTIES

With appropriate supervision and support,
• Assessment of individuals with possible early psychosis, including individuals posing difficult diagnostic challenges.
• Providing medical input into multidisciplinary management of EI clients with psychosis or with ‘at risk mental state’ (ie deemed to be possibly in prodromal stage of psychosis).
• Contribution to psychosocial approaches with people with psychosis

Where appropriate to trainee’s learning needs, opportunities for
• Gaining experience in using structured assessments for psychosis and possible psychosis prodrome
• Contributing to specialist interventions eg. for substance misuse, treatment resistance
• Contributing to service development
• Development of skills in psychosocial approaches
• Participation in research within the service.

ON CALL COMMITMENT AND PAY BANDING

On call is 1 in 9, covering general adult and old age psychiatry for the Central and West Lancashire areas (main towns Preston, Chorley, Leyland, Ormskirk, Skelmersdale)

The trainee is second on call, providing advice and support to the first on call doctor, as well as MHA work.

TEACHING / ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Opportunities for contributing within the EI service include participating in training within the multidisciplinary team, or wider service, also for supporting the staff grade doctor, and intermittent opportunities for teaching medical students.

Outside the service – opportunities for contributing to the Preston academic programme, contributing to teaching of CT 1-3 trainees and of medical students.

AUDIT/RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

Audit and research are a high priority in the EI service, and there are a variety of research and audit projects in progress, and several members of staff in the wider service with university appointments and extensive research experience. There are opportunities for an ST4-6 trainee to contribute to already established projects, or to be supported in developing work of their own.

MANAGEMENT TRAINING

Extensive opportunities within EI service – eg. for participation in operational management, contributing to ongoing service development, leading initiatives or managing projects.

A variety of additional opportunities available within the Trust. A previous trainee in this post (Dr Pandaraparambil) began work on developing a database of these which is being maintained by a current trainee (Dr Kurien).

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE

The supervising consultant is a UKCP registered psychotherapist with a special interest in the role of psychodynamic approaches in psychosis and in research in this area.

The supervising consultant also has endorsement in rehabilitation psychiatry.

PROBABLE TAMETABLE (EXAMPLE OF COMMITMENTS)